NOVA"Japan's Killer Quake"
In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear reactor meltdowns. The facts and figures are astonishing. The March 11 earthquake was the world's fourth-largest since record keeping began in 1900 and the worst ever to shake Japan.G

6:00 pm

Earthshaker
In 1979, two wilderness hikers in New Mexico stumble upon four enormous, largely intact fossilized dinosaur bones. This film traces the 25 years of scientific detective work to unravel the secrets of the world's longest dinosaur - the 30-ton Seismosaurus of 150 million years ago.G

6:30 pm

Predator Legends
Native Americans and writers provide insight into the place grizzlies, cougars and wolves occupy in our culture and heritage while cameras capture the animals and the lands they roam.G

7:00 pm

Jewels of the Jungle
JEWELS OF THE JUNGLE follows microbiologist Dr. Gary Strobel as he scours the world's forests for new natural medicines that may prove critical in the war on diseases like cancer and malaria. This hour-long documentary chronicles the science and drama surrounding Strobel's work with endophytes, the bizarre microscopic life forms inside nearly all of the world's plants. JEWELS OF THE JUNGLE examines endophytes' revolutionary potential to create a new generation of cheaper and more plentiful "wonder drugs. D

Earthshaker
In 1979, two wilderness hikers in New Mexico stumble upon four enormous, largely intact fossilized dinosaur bones. This film traces the 25 years of scientific detective work to unravel the secrets of the world's longest dinosaur - the 30-ton Seismosaurus of 150 million years ago.G

11:30 pm

Predator Legends
Native Americans and writers provide insight into the place grizzlies, cougars and wolves occupy in our culture and heritage while cameras capture the animals and the lands they roam.G